poppler: pdfdetach utility does not validate save paths
Published Nov 7, 2018
6.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.74%
Description
An issue was discovered in Poppler 0.71.0. There is a NULL pointer dereference in goo/GooString.h, will lead to denial of service, as demonstrated by utils/pdfdetach.cc not validating a filename of an embedded file before constructing a save path.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 0.71.0
Configuration 2
- 14.04
- 16.04
- 18.04
- 18.10
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
evince-0:3.28.2-8.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
okular-0:4.10.5-7.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
poppler-0:0.26.5-38.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2022
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
poppler
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
poppler
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | evince-0:3.28.2-8.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2022 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | okular-0:4.10.5-7.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2022 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | poppler-0:0.26.5-38.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2022 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | poppler | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue affects the versions of poppler as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.74% (0.01735) | 76.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 20, 2026 | 1.74% (0.01735) | 76.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00173) | 54.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 26, 2024 | 0.17% (0.00173) | 54.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2024 | 0.16% (0.00163) | 52.06th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 1, 2023 | 0.18% (0.00176) | 54.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 3, 2023 | 0.15% (0.00154) | 51.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.19% (0.00188) | 54.56th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 27.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.04% (0.01036) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19060 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649450 Issue Tracking
- https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/660 x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19060
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19060
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2022 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19060 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1649450 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler/issues/660 | x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19060 | ||
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/3837-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19060 |
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